• Part 2

▪️Capitol Police officers prepare to set up a fence before a protest scheduled for Sept. 18.

▪️A new law in Texas, now in effect, allows most state residents who legally own firearms to carry them openly in public places without a permit or training.

▪️Hundreds of American citizens and Afghan commandos are evacuated through a secret CIA base near Kabul in a covert operation.

▪️2.35 million people in Israel received a third dose of vaccine in recent weeks (The Times of Israel)

▪️Sweden has banned travellers from Israel, one of the most vaccinated countries in the world, from entering the country since Sept. 6 due to a record increase in COVID-19 cases.

▪️At least 44 people died in the northeastern United States due to the effects of Hurricane Ida.

▪️Families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks called Thursday for a Justice Department inspector general to investigate the FBI's failure to produce some evidence in the investigation.

▪️The Australian state of New South Wales wants to allow children as young as three years old to choose their own sex.

▪️26 House Republicans are calling on Biden to release the full transcript of his phone conversation with former Afghan President Ghani.

▪️Trump: "Record low morale of our American troops! Who can blame them?"

▪️ In the Afghan city of Herat, some 70 women protested, demanding that the new Taliban leadership preserve and expand women's rights.